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Taimur bin Faisal
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| Sultan of Oman | |||||
| Reign | 5 October 1913 – 10 February 1932 | ||||
| Predecessor | Faisal bin Turki | ||||
| Successor | Said bin Taimur | ||||
| Born | 1886 (1886) Muscat,Oman | ||||
| Died | 28 January 1965(1965-01-28) (aged 78–79) Bombay,India | ||||
| Spouse | 6 wives | ||||
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| Dynasty | Al Bu Said | ||||
| Father | Faisal bin Turki | ||||
| Mother | Aliyah bint Thuwaini | ||||
| Religion | IbadiIslam | ||||
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Sultan Taimur bin Faisal bin Turki Al Said (Arabic:تيمور بن فيصل بن تركي; 1886 – 28 January 1965) was theSultan of Muscat and Oman from 5 October 1913 to 10 February 1932.
Taimur was born in 1886 toSultan Faisal bin Turki Al Said and his first wife, Sayyida Aliyah bint Thuwaini Al Said. His mother was the daughter ofSultan Thuwaini bin Said Al Said.[1]
Taimur was married six times and had six children.
Sayyida Fatima bint Ali binSalim bin Thuwaini Al Said (4 May 1891-April 1967) married 1902[1]
A Yemeni woman[1]
Kamile İlgiray, a Circassian woman, married 1920 and divorced 1921[1]
A Dhofari woman[1]
Kiyoko Oyama, a Japanese woman, married 1936[1]
Nafisa Bundukji,[2] a daughter ofKhan Bahadur Sadik Hasan, married 1939 and divorced 1940[1]
He is the grandfather ofSultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said andSultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said.
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He succeeded his fatherFaisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman as sultan on 5 October 1913.[3]
When he assumedsuzerainty over the country, he inherited an external public debt and widespread rebellion among the tribes. Between 1915 and 1920, the sultan's forces were aided byBritish financial and materiel support against the rebel tribes, ensuring adequate resistance but not total victory. An uneasy situation of no war, no peace, existed, with the sultan controlling Muscat and the coastal towns (the formerSultanate of Muscat) and theimam ruling the interior (Oman proper). This was tacitly codified in theTreaty of As Sib in 1920, brokered by the British political agent in Muscat. The treaty was between the sultan and the tribes, represented byShaikh Isa ibn Salih al Harthi, leader of theAl-Harthi tribe.
In return for full autonomy, the tribes in the interior pledged to cease attacking the coast. The Treaty of As Sib was a de facto partition agreement between Muscat and Oman, serving Britain's interest in preserving its power through the office of the sultan without dispatching British troops to the region. The Treaty of As Sib ensured political quiescence between Muscat and Oman that lasted until the 1950s, whenoil exploration in the interior reintroduced conflict. In return for accepting a truncation of his authority, the sultan received a loan from the government ofBritish India with an amortization period of ten years, sufficient to repay his debts to merchants. When Sultan Taimur ibn Faisal abdicated for financial reasons in 1932, the twenty-two-year-old Said ibn Taimur inherited an administration that was in debt.
AUnited States Department of State bulletin on the sultan of Muscat and Oman in February 1938 describes the situation in which Sultan Said ibn Taimur found himself after assuming power: "The young Sultan found the country practically bankrupt and his troubles were further complicated by tribal unrest and conspiracy by certain of his uncles, one of whom immediately profited by the occasion to set up an independent regime. The Sultan tackled the situation with resolution and within a short time the traitorous uncle had been subdued, unrest quelled, and most important of all, state finances put on much more solid footing."
In 1932 he abdicated in favor of his eldest sonSaid bin Taimur and lived abroad, mostly inBritish India. In 1965, he died in Mumbai.[4]
Taimur's era was the period whereinIbadism, the predominantmadhab of Oman had played a role in the country's social affairs. For instance, the government which led fromMuscat had exchanged letters with the ruling powers of the interior, which consisted of an Ibadi imamate. This Ibadi involvement in the stepping stone in Oman's history that occurred in 1920 was called thetreaty of Sib.[5]
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| Preceded by | Sultan of Oman 1913–1932 | Succeeded by |
Sultans of Oman since 1749 | ||
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